Two Hub City men charged in Wednesday’s deadly shooting

Two Hattiesburg men already jailed are looking at more serious charges, including murder, Hattiesburg Police Department spokesman Lt. Jon Traxler said late this afternoon.

Lincoln Kelly, 32, who had been booked late Thursday night on residential burglary and hindering prosecution charges, saw them upgraded to murder and residential burglary in connection with the Wednesday shooting death of Christopher Robinson, 48, of Hattiesburg.

Reginald L. Hoyle, originally booked early this morning for accessory after the fact, saw the charge upgraded to accessory after the fact of murder.

Robinson was one of two men wounded by gun fire about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at 3997 Morningside Drive. He died later Wednesday evening at Forrest General Hospital.

Christopher Robinson’s death was the first of two murders in less than 24 hours in Hattiesburg, and police were able to arrest suspects in each.

Nijal J. Garry was arrested for murder a few hours after the Thursday morning beating death of Toney Robinson, 55, of Hattiesburg, at his home on West Pine Street. Garry, 23, of Hattiesburg, was denied bond this afternoon in Municipal Court.